The FPA guests for Saturday’s game against Fleetwood Town are Ron Harbertson, Gavin Gordon, Trevor Swinburne, Andy Hutchinson, Toni McHamilton, Leah Hardy, Chantelle Robinson and Maddi Green.
Ron Harbertson
Ron Harbertson, at 93 years of age, is one of the oldest former Imps players. Ron was a forward whose career began at Newcastle United and he went to play for clubs including Bradford City, Brighton, Grimsby and Darlington before joining City in March 1958 when the club looked certain for relegation into the Third Division. However the Imps had a dramatic change of form winning the final six games of the season to avoid the drop, with Ron scoring in each of the matches. He was a regular in the City team before departing to play for Wrexham in March 1960. Ron then had a short spell with Darlington before returning to Sincil Bank for the 1961/62 season.
Debut vs Liverpool, away 15 March 1958
Lincoln City record
Football League: 86 appearances, 25 goals
FA Cup: five appearances, one goal
Football League Cup: one appearance, two goals
Gavin Gordon
Gavin Gordon was a striker who signed for the Imps as an 18-year-old in November 1997 from Hull City. In his first season at Sincil Bank he helped City gain promotion from Division Three and continued to feature regularly in the team during his time with the club. In the first half of the 2000/01 he scored regularly and was leading scorer netting 10 goals before being sold to Cardiff City for a reported six-figure fee. Gavin, who had made his senior debut for Hull at the age of 16, later played for Notts County and Crawley Town.
Debut vs Swansea City away, 8 November 1997
Lincoln City record:
Football League: 87 appearances plus 12 as substitute, 28 goals
FA Cup: 9 appearances, two goals
Football League Cup: two appearances, one goal
Other: four appearances plus one as substitute
Trevor Swinburne
Trevor Swinburne began his long goalkeeping career as an apprentice with Sunderland in the late 1960s and finished it with the Imps 20 years later. He was in the Sunderland team which won the FA Youth Cup in 1968/69 when they defeated West Bromwich Albion, despite losing the first leg 3-0. The Black Cats won the second leg 6-0 in a remarkable turnaround. During his time at Sunderland, he was under study to the great Jim Montgomery whose form restricted Trevor's first-team appearances. He then played for Brentford and Leeds United before signing for City in February 1986 as a replacement for Stuart Naylor. Trevor made regular appearances for the Imps until retiring in the summer of 1987. He was the first chairman of the Lincoln City Former Players Association when it was formed in 2017 and was the driving force in developing the organisation before stepping down from his role.
Lincoln City record:
Football League: 34 appearances
Football League Cup: three appearances
Football League Trophy: three appearances
Andy Hutchinson
Andy Hutchinson was a local born striker who was a trainee with City and broke into the first-team at the end of the 2008/09 season. He was a teenager when he made his senior debut as a substitute against Luton Town and made his first start in the following game at Bradford City. He scored City’s only goal in a 2-1 defeat making a piece of history as he was just 17 years and 34 days old, making him the youngest player to score for City in a Football League game. Andy made further first-team appearances over the following two seasons before moving on and playing for Lincoln United.
Debut vs Luton Town, home 11 April 2009
Lincoln City record:
Football League: three appearances plus 16 as substitute, one goal
Football League Cup: one appearance as a substitute
Other: two appearances
Toni McHamilton
Toni McHamilton is Lincoln City Women's club captain and leading scorer this season with 10 goals following on from last season when she netted 14 times for the first team.
Leah Hardy
Leah Hardy is also a striker who is second top scorer with four goals. She has scored regularly during her career with City including 23 goals in 2021/22.
Chantelle Robinson
Chantelle Robinson is an attacking player who signed for City two years ago from the Leicestershire club Holwell Sports in February 2022 and has appeared in the team since arriving.
Maddi Green
Maddi Green is a left-sided midfielder who signed for the Imps in the summer of 2020 from Notts County Ladies and previously played for Doncaster Belles. She has appeared regularly for City this season, scoring three goals from 16 starts.